Dissident Left

The Dissident Left was a liberal faction of Italian politics which existed from 1877 to 1887. It emerged from the left-wing of the Historical Left due to its opposition to the main party's centrist transformismo politics, and it supported authoritarian and progressive internal policies, expansionism and pro-German foreign policy, and protectionist economic policies. During the 1890s, Prime Minister Francesco Crispi enacted many of the Dissident Left's policies after the Dissident Left rejoined the Historical Left.